Normal things at school/that teachers did that you now realise were not on

Scroll to see replies

My PHSE (PSHE?) teacher told us to do up to question 4 in our books, so naturally I did questions 1, 2, and 3. He later came and found me in my next lesson, shouted at me there, and had me sent to exclusion where I was forced to do more PHSE - during time that was supposed to be for an actual lesson.

He was a d!ck.

Reply 121

Tevo1

Sorry would like to point out, your teachers being ass-hats to you does you for life because the world is a scary place, and furthermore i'd like to point out that the world has become far to PC, when my dad was at school being caned was a regular occurrence. Finally why should a school teach you how to ride a bus or work a credit card machine these are the sought of things would ask your parents or the internet how to do, school is about educating you for a job and realizing your potential.

Reply 122

Carpe Vinum

At my English primary school:

Had the PE in our underwear thing as well. Always though that was weird.

On a school trip to Wales, our headmaster picked up one of the boys, made him hang from a tree by his arms over a river, and left him there for a good few minutes.

On my brother's school trip, apparently the same headmaster made a kid eat some cow dung.

At my Spanish catholic school:

French teacher admitted he supported Franco and was openly racist. He also made a different kid stand up in front of the class and say a prayer every morning. He made me do this despite me not knowing the prayer in Spanish, thus humiliating me.

Maths teacher used to get up on the table and shout at us from there.

(Male) PE teacher wore such short shorts that we could see everything. Everything.

Female PE teacher made everyone measure their heart rate and sorted people into groups according to it. She would then belittle those in the "unfit" group (in which I was placed) even if they were perfectly fit and healthy.

History teacher used to spend entire lessons telling us about her private life and where she bought her shoes from. She would then set ridiculously long essay exams for us, expecting us to have learnt anything from her.

English teacher would frequently misspell and mispronounce words, and then mark me down when I spelled them correctly.

I was also forced to attend Catholic mass and the first time they even forced me to take communion and confess, despite them knowing I was not Catholic. I was 12 years old.

Reply 123

Tevo1

Original post by Carpe Vinum

sorry really confused first you say he's a french teacher but then you sy he supported franco thats spanish dumbass

Reply 124

ozzyoscy

Original post by Tevo1

Believe it or not, the world isn't full of asshats. It can seem that way to many and at first because, to summarise it in a few words, at low-level jobs people are less happy. Where I work at the moment, there are a couple of people who are a bit grumpy at worst, not every place is like retail where almost everyone's out to screw you.

Plus, we're dealing with children. Even so, that's no excuse for bullying.

Something happening to your dad doesn't mean it was right. A few more generations ago, we were executing people for being gay by burning them alive. The good old days! Not like now where everyone's soft!

School is about education, period. While parents are working, at home or in a job, to provide for their child, the school's purpose is to educate them so they can be citizens that give back to society. Very few teachers see it that way though. It can be just a job trying to tell brats about something in a textbook, brats out to get them...

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 125

Carpe Vinum

Original post by Tevo1

sorry really confused first you say he's a french teacher but then you sy he supported franco thats spanish dumbass

Read my post. This happened in a Spanish Catholic school. The teacher was Spanish. He taught French.

So **** off.

Reply 126

CJTWhite

Original post by daisychain_

I hate that teachers can make the decision of when you go to the toilet, i'm a sixth former and we still have to ask :mad2:

F me, yes! Ever since I started school this has always both confused and angered me. A bodily function that can be very (very) uncomfortable, and sometimes even painful to hold.

I remember once I was in a maths class (double lesson) (year 10 I think) and my teacher had refused to let me go to the bathroom despite my constant asking (4-5 times) because 'we had break time less than two hours ago'. I began to feel sick from holding it and eventually got up and walked out. He was shouting at me in the corridor that he'd get the headteacher but I just went to the toilets. Jfc the relief I felt in that moment. After, instead of going back to the lesson I went to our student support area and told them what had happened, they told me I was in the right and to just stay with them for the lesson. He rarely refused to let anyone go after that.

I just thought...my doctor revealed to me a few months ago that I could potentially have issues with my bladder. Wonder if that had anything to do with it

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 127

Taz1838

In primary school, a kid once accused me of taking indecent images on his disposable camera.

We're talking like, year 6. Even the teachers singled me out for it, when firstly it was an accusation and secondly, if there were pictures like that, how would a teacher go about proving such a thing on a camera that you can't view the pictures on?

It upset me massively, even though I was 100% sure I didn't do it.

Even the kids mum didn't seem to apologise.

I wish I could go back and actually stand up for myself.

Reply 128

tory88

Original post by ozzyoscy

Beggars can't be choosers. People who want to be teachers either want to teach cute little kids who are in awe of everything (early primary) or teach at the top of their field (university or private further education). Thus the majority, if not all, secondary school teachers are bitter failures who feel like they've lost control of their lives, which is why they go on the rampage when they have a hold of all this power. I mean, c'mon, who would CHOOSE to teach teenagers, with all those changes, all that angst, all that horniness?

Speaking as a teacher in two shortage subjects with a first class honours degree in physics from Warwick I could not disagree more. Most teachers I know are genuinely dedicated and hardworking, and have chosen to pursue a career in teaching because they enjoy the job or think they will. The money is terrible for the hours worked, and certainly speaking with experience in science and mathematics departments most teachers could easily be on much larger slaps four similar amounts of work. I'm not complaining - I love my job - but to characterise teaching as an easy way out is a fundamental misunderstanding of what the job actually entails. Of course some teachers get into it expecting an easy ride, but they don't normally last very long (in fact, most drop out during training). The problem the shortage of good teachers, which means they have choice of where they work - means bad schools trend to only get a couple of good teachers and are left to recruit unqualified, non specialist teachers and are left with bad options at interviews.

Reply 129

stemmery

Wow what kind of schools did you people go to? The only relatively 'not nice' thing that any of my teachers did was snatch a piece of paper (i think homework/classwork) that someone did and rip it up and throw it in the bin. I'm not sure why, but still isn't nice.

Reply 130

CJTWhite

Ah, dodgeball. We had this really scrawny kid who was bullied a whole lot (was secretly friends with him and we talked online for hours at a time), actually a nice guy. Anyways so we're in PE class and my male, 6ft. 2~, jacked up PE teacher decides to put all the athletic students against the **** people in dodgeball.

So I'm running around, avoiding all these balls and the PE teacher decides to join them (this guy was a Nazi I swear, he'd trip people up in cross country for a laugh, though I didn't mind) and launch this ball at this poor kid. It hits his square in the face, knocks his head into the wall behind (since he was cowering at the back) and his glasses fly off. Someone subsequently steps on the glasses. He's blatantly hiding back tears already but of course, boys being boys, everyone starts whaling with laughter and chanting 'she fell over'. He moved PE class after that and he'd never talk about it to me.

Reply 131

TheNoobishKnight

Should listen instead of writing.
Why aren't you writing what I am saying?

Reply 132

SnoochToTheBooch

lol I remember my year 7 or 8 tutor pulling my leg over his legs (thighs) and tying my shoelaces. Was slightly weird then but I'm about his age when he did that now and just... urgh. Wouldn't even cross my mind to do that, lol.

Reply 133

tom19glasgow

i once was taken into toilet by gf bf and she sucked me off, im gf gave in and her bf started telling her how much she disliked me as she bent over and put my **** in her agaisnt the door.. the gf never found out.

when u just moved school my gym teacher moved in to my street, we ****ed for about a year... in was 15 ... she use to tell me how much she wanted me when she was teaching my and we even sneaked me into school and ****ed in her office with door open .. so hot